start from windows xp, vista, windows 7 or 8

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Start from Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or 8As soon as you plugged in the CD in the CD-drive, the menu of thesetup assistant will appear on your screen. The setup assistant willguide you through the installation procedure. If your CD-ROM drivedoesn’t support "autorun", i.e. the installation doesn’t start automati-cally you have to start the "start.exe" program on the CD-ROM.

1. From the Windows Desktop: Start, choose RUN.2. Type: [Letter from your CD-ROM Drive]:\start.exe and press ENTER

Remark for InstallationIn order to install the GiS BasePac 8 software you have to have theadministrator authority!

GiS 11/2012 Important Note 3

End-User License Agreement and Limited Warranty

USEGiS Gesellschaft für Informatik und Steuerungstechnik mbH (”GiS”)grants you (an entity or a person) a non-exclusive right to download anduse the GiS BasePac, consisting of software and documentation (collec-tively, the ”Software”), under the following conditions:

RESTRICTIONSExcept as expressly authorized by this Agreement, you may not alter,merge, modify or adapt the Software in any way including reverse engi-neering, disassembling or decompiling. You may not rent, lease or licensethe Software or any copy.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSAll intellectual property rights in the Software and user documentation areowned by GiS or its suppliers and are protected by laws (including patent,trademark and copyright laws), other applicable intellectual property laws,and international treaty provisions. GiS retains all rights not expresslygranted.

LIMITED WARRANTYThe Software is provided wholly ”AS IS” without warranty, representation,promise or guarantee of any kind, either express or implied, statutory orotherwise, including warranties as to quality, performance, merchantabil-ity, or fitness for a particular purpose, or any warranty against infringe-ment. Your use of the Software is entirely at your own risk. Except as spe-cifically provided herein, GiS makes no warranty, representation, promiseor guarantee, either express or implied, statutory orotherwise, with respect to the Software, user documentation or relatedtechnical support, including their quality, performance, merchantability orfitness for a particular purpose.

The warranty and remedies set forth herein are exclusive and in lieu of allothers, oral or written, express or implied. No GiS dealer, distributor, agentor employee is authorized to make any modification or addition to thiswarranty. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may alsohave other rights which vary from state to state.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITYBecause software is inherently complex and may not be completely free oferrors, it is your responsibility to verify your work and to make backupcopies, and GiS will not be responsible for your failure to do so. In no eventwill GiS be liable for indirect, special, incidental, tort, economic, cover orconsequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use GiSproducts or services, including, without limitation, damages or costs relat-ing to the loss of profits, business, goodwill, data or computer programs,even if advised of the possibility of such damages. In no case shall GiS’liability for money damages exceed the amount paid by you for the Soft-ware out of which such claim arose. The foregoing limitations shall notapply to claims relating to death or personal injury which arises out ofproducts deemed to be consumer goods under applicable law. Some statesor provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warrantiesor limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so theabove exclusion or limitation may not apply to you.

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Important Note

We reserve the right to alter the contents of this manual without prior no-tice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or printing mistakes in thishandbook, nor for any consequential damage irrespective of whether suchdamage is directly or indirectly caused by delivery, performance and utili-zation of this handbook.

Copyright

This handbook contains proprietary information which is protected bycopyright. All rights are protected. This handbook must not be copied orduplicated in any other form, stored in a data system, translated in otherlanguages wholly or in part without prior permission.

Utilization and duplication of GiS-PC-program software are permitted onlywithin the framework of purchase contract on which delivery of GiS-PC-software is based. It is therefore illegal to copy the software onto hard disk,diskette, tape or other medium except for data security or filling purposes.This also applies to GiS-PC-Systems exchange software delivered by us ata later date.

Copyright © 1988 - 2012Gesellschaft für Informatik und Steuerungstechnik mbH

All rights reserved

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GiS 11/2012 Contents 7

Contents

The GiS-Software introduces itself .........................................................9Please check the completeness of your software package........................9Can you use the software on your system?..............................................9Hardware-configuration for GiS software ............................................10

Optimal configuration: .................................................................... 10Miscellaneous:.................................................................................11

CodeMeter Stick..................................................................................11Password .............................................................................................11Support via the Internet - Getting in Contact via E-Mail Address ........ 12

Installation of GiS BasePac...................................................................13

Getting started with the BasePac.......................................................... 15Start the Program ................................................................................15Enter the Passwords ............................................................................15Additional installation of options......................................................... 15Examples of designs, backgrounds and samples...................................15Tutorial software MaGiSter ................................................................. 16

Working with the GiS-help system.......................................................17Activating the help system................................................................... 17Moving within the help system............................................................ 18First steps with the program ................................................................19Looking up explanations of functions ..................................................20GiS-Online help system in Windows Vista ..........................................20

Demo-mode ............................................................................................21Activate DEMO-Mode.........................................................................22DEMO setup .......................................................................................23Change demo scope in DEMO Mode...................................................24Exit Demo mode..................................................................................24

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User interface of the GiS work sheet.................................................... 25(1) Title Bar .............................................................................. 25(2) Menu Bar ............................................................................ 25(3) Tool Bar .............................................................................. 26(4) Parameter Bar...................................................................... 26(5) Rulers .................................................................................. 26(6) Working Area...................................................................... 26(7) Scroll Bar ............................................................................ 26(8) Tool Palette ......................................................................... 26(9) Popup-Menu ........................................................................ 27(10) Status Bar ............................................................................ 27

Working with the tutorial software MaGiSter .................................... 29

Using the GiS BasePac software in a network ..................................... 31Basics ................................................................................................. 31A: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systems to common data .. 32B: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systems to one CodeMeterStick 33C: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systems to one CodeMeterStick with multiple licenses................................................................. 35D: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systems to CodeMeter Stickswith different licenses ......................................................................... 35

Assignments to short-cuts in BasePac .................................................. 371. Keyboard in all modes..................................................................... 372. Keyboard in module mode............................................................... 383. Keyboard in text mode .................................................................... 394. Keyboard in the drawing mode........................................................ 395. Keyboard in coordinate and stitch mode.......................................... 396. Mouse............................................................................................. 42

Working with the digitizer ................................................................... 43Digitizing a pattern in two parts.......................................................... 44Keys of the Digitizer cursor (in digitizing mode)................................. 45

Interface connections ............................................................................ 47

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The GiS-Software introduces itself

Welcome to the GiS PC-Software for embroidery a well-established andproven software.All BasePac Products by GiS are known for their user-friendliness andeasy handling.

Please check the completeness of your software packageThe following articles should always be present:

CD-ROMDocumentationCodeMeter StickPasswords

If one of these articles is missing, please contact GiS or your distribu-tor.

Note: The CodeMeter Stick and the passwords guarantee the pro-tection of the software and thus represent the value of it.Please take care that you don’t loose the CodeMeter Stick,because a new one will cost the full price of the software.

Can you use the software on your system?The following list describes the minimum system requirements and op-timal configuration in order to work with our software.Further more you’ll get information about the recommended system re-quirements, which enables you to work more efficiently with PC-programs.

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Hardware-configuration for GiS softwareA Windows compatible PC configurated similar to the following listhas to be used.As operating system only Microsoft Windows is supported!

Optimal configuration:

Processor: Intel or AMD 2,0 GHz or higher

Main Memory: 1 GByte or more

Harddisk: at least 150 MByte free hard disk capacity

Video card: Super VGA 1280 x 1024 HiColor (65535colors), Windows accelerator board

Monitor: 20" or higher color monitor or LCD

Interfaces: at least 1 x USB for the CodeMeter Stick

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 (32 & 64 Bit)

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Miscellaneous:

Printer: All Windows compatible printer

Scanner: All Windows compatible scanner

Digitizer: All digitizer, which support the Win-Tab driver „AFlexible Tablet interface for MS Windows from LCStelegraphics“ can be connected. For example the digitizerof CalComp, GTCO or WACOM.

Backup: We recommend saving your data regularly on recharge-able disk, CD’s or DVD’s.

CodeMeter StickThe software can only be operated in conjunction with the WIBUKEYCodeMeter Stick, which has to be plugged into the USB interface porton your computer.

Note: In case of loosing the stick, only GiS are authorized to sell anew one. The value of the stick is equivalent to the value ofthe software. Please take care not to loose it.

Password The password is a software key which works together with the

CodeMeter Stick. It has to be entered once after installing the software(see: "Start program").

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Support via the Internet - Getting in Contact via E-Mail Address

You can get additional information and updates of our latest productswhich is available at the web-sites http://www.gis-net.de

Please contact us via our E-Mail address if you have any questions orany kind of suggestions concerning our software products. Our E-Mailaddress is: [email protected]

http://www.gis-net.de/

mailto:[email protected]

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Installation of GiS BasePac

As soon as you plugged in the CD in the CD-drive, the menu of the setupassistant will appear on your screen. The setup assistant will guide youthrough the installation procedure. If your CD-ROM drive doesn’t support"autorun", i.e. the installation doesn’t start automatically you have to startthe "start.exe" program on the CD-ROM.

The window above appears and if you click “Install” the installation willstart.

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GiS 11/2012 GiS BasePac 15

Getting started with the BasePac

Start the ProgramTo start the program, please double-click at the Icon GiS BasePac 8 onthe desktop and the software will start.

Note: The CodeMeter Stick must be plugged in the USB interfaceof your computer; otherwise it will be impossible to start theprogram.

Note: In order to install the GiS BasePac 8 software you have tohave the administrator authority!

Enter the PasswordsIn general, after installation of the program, you have to input the pass-words, which were delivered with your software. A password window isdisplayed. Please input the passwords at the appropriate position.

Additional installation of optionsIn case of a subsequent installation of an option, the password windowcan be accessed via the menu item "standard settings" in the "settings"menu, then select the item "activate options". The password menu win-dow will appear on the screen. In order to enable the option, you haveto enter the correct passwords, and confirm the input with the OK but-ton. After that, all options you bought are available to use.

Examples of designs, backgrounds and samplesOn the CD GiS BasePac 8 some useful files are stored, which containbackgrounds, scanned fabric samples, stitch- and punch-data-designs.More information about these data you can find on the CD in the file„Info for additional files“

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Tutorial software MaGiSter

You will find the tutorial software on the Installation CD under the en-try “MaGiSter English”. It will help you to learn the contents of theBasePac for your own. For more information refer the chapter “Work-ing with the tutorial software MaGiSter” in this booklet.

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Working with the GiS-help system

The GiS-help system offers you the possibility to answer questions on-screen about how to operate the software and to look up the meaning offunctions.

Activating the help systemThere are several possibilities to enter the help system. In any case theparticular GiS-application has to be started. You can call the contents-table of the help system via the help-menu and the entry "index".Another possibility is simply clicking the F1-key. After that, the con-tents-table appears also. If you want to display the corresponding helptext to a special menu-entry, click on the question-mark-cursor. Movethat cursor to the menu item and click. The help system will display thecorresponding topic.

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The question mark cursor is only available while working in themain program level of the GiS programs. If you opened a dialog boxand you want to read the corresponding help-text, first press the F1 key.You’ll get a similar bitmap of this dialog box on your display. Clickingon an area with the particular function gives you an explanation aboutit.

Moving within the help systemThe movements within the GiS-help system, i.e. the leafing through thedifferent pages, are done by clicking on key-words or with the buttonsin the header-line.Within the text the key-words are underlined with a solid or dashed lineor colored, depending on the graphic card of your computer. If youclick on one of these key-words, the help system will jump to the spe-cific page (solid underlined) or a text window will open (dashed line)which you can close with another mouse-click. You can move back-wards to the previous page by clicking on the button "Back" of theheader line.

Sometimes you will see a bitmap of a dialog-window of the program inthe GiS-help system. If you click on the buttons or any other entrieshere, a text window with an explanation or a new page with the nextdialog box, which will have been activated by this button-click in theprogram, will appear.

Note: If you have further questions to the help system itselfWINDOWS offers you the ‘help about help’ option. You canactivate it by pressing the F1-key within the GiS help system.

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First steps with the programIn order to get familiar with the GiS software we recommend readingthe examples of the help system first. Please click on the keyword ‘Ex-amples’ in the contents table of the help system and have a closer lookat the examples one by one. Clicking on keywords gives you additionalinformation about some topics.

After you have read one example, you can try to do the described job onyour own, for instance copying a design to a disk. You can keep thehelp-text window open while working with the application by downsiz-ing the help-window and start the application. If you reach a pointwhere you do not know what to do, or you need additional information,please press the F1-key. The help-system will display the page with thecorresponding topic.

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With this method you will get familiar with all the functions of the soft-ware, which were described in the examples.

Looking up explanations of functionsIf you want to read the explanation of a specific function, please runthrough the application-program up to the point where you can startthis function. Press the F1-key and the present dialog-box will be dis-played once more. If you click with the mouse to the function you want,the explanation text will be displayed. Another click closes the windowagain.

Another way to use the help system is to activate the search functions.Please enter the name of a function or a word which describes the ac-tion of the function, for example ‘copy design’. A list of the availabletopics will be displayed on your screen. Select the line with the functionyou want to have explained. Clicking on the button ‘go to’ opens awindow with the corresponding help text.

GiS-Online help system in Windows Vista or Windows 8To use the GiS online help system with *.HLP files in Windows Vistayou have to install an update for the windows help system. Please loadand install this file which you can find in the link:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607If this is installed, you can use the GiS online help system as describedby using the F1 key.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607

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Demo-mode

There is a possibility to get a GiS software package for a limited period oftime as a DEMO version. The DEMO version is a complete version of theprogram, with all available options and with the possibility to save andload designs.As for normal operation also in DEMO mode the CodeMeter Stick isneeded.

To use the DEMO version, the CodeMeter Stick has to be loaded with aspecified DEMO duration.There are several variants to get the CodeMeter Stick loaded with DEMO:

1. You get a prepared CodeMeter Stick together with your demo pack-age. To activate the DEMO, click in passwords dialog to "Demo".

2. You have a CodeMeter Stick and an e-mail connection. You will getan <Dongle number>.GiSCmUpdate file through e-mail to load thedemo. With a double click on the <Dongle number>.GiSCmUpdatefile the demo duration is loaded to the CodeMeter Stick and BasePac8 will be prepared for demo. When you start GiS BasePac 8 the nexttime the "Demo setup" dialog will be opened.

In any case BasePac 8 has to be installed at your PC!The CodeMeter Stick has to be plugged into the USB interface of yourcomputer.

Important hint: Do never try to make the DEMO period of timelonger, for instance by manipulating the system time of your com-puter. In this case a short warning will appear and if it is ignored, theremaining DEMO time will be set to zero. So you will not have anyadvantages.

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Activate DEMO-Mode

To activate DEMO-Mode, GiS BasePac 8 has to be switched to demo.If no passwords had been entered, you will get the dialog for passwordinput at program start.

To activate demo mode please press "Demo" to open the "Demo setup"dialog.

If the CodeMeter Stick was loaded through the <Dongle num-ber>.GiSCmUpdate file, the"Demo setup" dialog will be opened automatically.

If an existing BasePac 8 installation has to be switched to DEMOmode, this dialog can be found in menu "Settings" submenu "Standardsettings" key "activate options". In any case it is necessary to have theCodeMeter Stick loaded with demo days!


DEMO setup

In this window you can activate all desired options. At first, you selectthe main group.This can be BasePac, BasePac SE or BasePac ACE.If BasePac is selected, the BasePac classic line is activated.All additional options can be activated separately.

With BasePac SE the below displayed options are activated automati-cally. This package can be extended with options from the classic line.BasePac ACE will be activated the same way.

Selection of BasePac Machine Monogram activates exactly the func-tions of the Machine monogram package. This can not be extended, be-cause an upgrade to a BasePac line is needed for extension.

After confirmation of the dialog with "OK" you can work with the GiSBasePac and the selected options. The DEMO time and days are run-ning from the current date. In the headline of your worksheet the re-maining days and time is displayed (in the upper left corner).


Change demo scope in DEMO ModeIf you do not want to have all options in the DEMO mode for any rea-son, for instance a show, you can switch them off. Start the function"activate options" in the "settings" menu under "standard settings". InDemo mode, the "Demo setup" dialog opens automatically. You can se-lect the preferred options there and confirm them with "OK". The func-tions of the removed options are not available after that. Of course youcan activate the options again at any time.

Exit Demo modeIf the demo period is finished, the DEMO mode will be closed auto-matically. The normal password dialog is shown and all passwords forall purchased options have to be entered.It is also possible to activate a new demo period as described above.

If you want to finish working with DEMO mode before its actual ex-piry, you have to deactivate all parts in "Demo setup" dialog and con-firm with "OK". With this the DEMO Mode is closed and the pass-words dialog is displayed.


User interface of the GiS work sheet

(1) Title BarIn the title bar the name and the version of the program is displayed.Also the design number of the current design is shown there, providedonly one design window is open, otherwise the design number is out-lined in the title bar of the corresponding window.

(2) Menu BarAll the available menus are listed here. You can open them by simplyclicking on the menu names. A pull down menu appears where youcan select the desired function.

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(8)

(9)

(7)

(10)(6)


(3) Tool BarThe most important functions of the menus are represented here withthe matching button. Clicking on these buttons activates it and givesyou a quick access to the functions.

(4) Parameter BarThe content of this bar changes with the selected mode. It consists ofbuttons and edit boxes, where you can enter and adjust parameters,for example needle color, density or font style.

(5) RulersThe system allows you to display also rulers at the upper and left mar-gin of the work sheet. They inform you directly about the design sizein cm.

(6) Working AreaIn this area you can create or modify your designs. The actual spacefor the design is much bigger (dependent from the maximum zoomfactor), since the working area shown on the screen is only a part ofyour work sheet. Moving to the other parts of your work sheet can bedone by using the scroll bars (7) or by scrolling with the right mousekey pressed.

(7) Scroll BarWith the scroll bar you can move the visible area of your work sheet.If the auto scroll-feature has been switched on (Settings menu), it isalso scrolled when your cursor is positioned on the rulers.

(8) Tool PaletteHere you can switch between the different working modes. Also thezoom function, the calculate button and the button to switch betweeninsert and overwrite mode is available in the tool palette. By a doubleclick the tool palette is combined with the popup-menu (9) and so theworking area is enlarged.


(9) Popup-MenuThis menu contains the most important functions depending on themode to guarantee a quick and easy way of punching. Pressing theright mouse button places this popup menu to the current mouse posi-tion, a click on any function let it jump back to the original position.This enables you to work quickly and efficiently.

(10) Status BarThe status bar shows the help text for most of the available functionswhen placing the cursor at that function. At the right, the zoom factorand the current cursor position is displayed. Besides there are shownadditional information dependent on the working mode :In module mode: The extensions and total number of stitchesIn all other modes: The number of the selected stitch and the totalnumber of stitches.Additionally in editor mode: The needle state (on or off).

Most of the above described bars can be switched on or off in the Layout-menu.

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Working with the tutorial software MaGiSter

On the program-CD you will find besides the Installation tool the tutorialsoftware MaGiSter. You will get familiar with the most important func-tions by working through this course. The functions are explained using arealistic example.

To start the MaGiSter, pleaseclick in GiS BasePac under “help”at “MaGister english“. The frontpage of the Tutorial software isdisplayed.

For each option you will find themost important functionsdescribed by examples.

You can rework the describedexamples for your own with theGiS BasePac and control yourselfwatching a film.

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Using the GiS BasePac software in a network

Basics

In general the GiS BasePac software can be used in all kinds of networkswhich allow connections using drive letters (all WINDOWS versions). Thesoftware supports only the access with drive letters and not the UNC (Uni-form Naming Convention) names.

A network consists always of many participants which are connected usinga bus system. Depending on their assigned job and function they are calledserver or client. The server is a PC, which offers the resources, i.e. harddisk drives, printers, etc. to the network.A client is a PC which makes use of the resources (hard-disk capacity, ...)of the server.

In smaller networks, for example with 2 participants, a PC can be serverand client simultaneously. In larger networks pure server solutions arestandard that means one or more PC work as a server which administer allthe data centrally.

In network operation there is to distinguish between two usage scopes:

- Common usage of data on multiple workstations is described inchapter A:

- Common usage of program licenses on multiple workstations is de-scribed in chapters B: - D:

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A: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systemsto common data

Example: We have 2 PC´s – PC “A” is used for punching and with PC “B”the designs are to be sent.

The whole data administration should be stored on PC „A“, and client „B“should be able to access to the design data stored on “A”. On PC “A” theGiS BasePac and the Punching options and on PC “B” just the GiSBasePac is installed. Both computers need their own CodeMeter Stick.

To allow PC “B” the access to the GiS BasePac data administration on PC“A”, a network drive connection between the computers has to be estab-lished. First you have to create a network share on the drive where the datais stored on PC “A”. In Windows you can do it in the “MS-Explorer” click-ing the right mouse key on the drives entry and select “sharing” and “shar-ing as”. After that you can connect at PC “B” the drive you shared at “A”with the function “Map network drive” in the “Tools” menu. You canselect the drive you defined that way in the BasePac administration likeany local drive and so it can be used for the access to PC “A”.

Please notice that each client who wants to access to the GiS data admini-stration on a server needs an own license for the GiS BasePac and also hisown, local CodeMeter Stick. (See chapter B: to D: for using network li-censes)

If the server is exclusively used for data administration and the access isjust done over the network, you need no GiS BasePac and no CodeMeterStick at this server. If you install this kind of server solution, you can fol-low the steps described in the example; the drive on the server has to bemapped with every client. In most cases it makes sense to choose the letterof the drive in a way, that all clients can use the same letter.


B: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systemsto one CodeMeter Stick

Example: You want to run GiS BasePac on multiple PC’s, but only onelicense (one CodeMeter Stick) is available. This is principally possible, butyou can run the program only on one PC at a time.

To have this, please do the following steps:

1. You install GiS BasePac on all PC´s where you want to use it.

2. Share your drives the same way as described in the example above.

3. Define one PC as server and connect the CodeMeter Stick to this PC.If the CodeMeter Stick is installed to a separate server which does notneed the BasePac software, only the CodeMeter driver has to be in-stalled. You can find the CodeMeter driver on the installation CD in"Tools", "WibuKey CodeMeter".


4. On the Server PC the CodeMeter Stick is shared for networkusage. Click with the right mouse button to the CM icon inthe taskbar.The menu on the right, where you select WebAdmin,appears.

You Web-browser opens an you can see the following

page:

Select Configuration and activate "Run Network Server" on the dis-

played page.

After this, click to "Apply".

5. Now you can run GiS BasePac on each PC, of course only at onecomputer simultaneously, and enter your passwords or DEMO’s andstart working.


C: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systemsto one CodeMeter Stick with multiple licenses

Example: You want to use GiS BasePac on 4 different PC's, but only at 2PC's simultaneously. Every user has the same function level.The CodeMeter Stick can be loaded with multiple equal licenses. The pro-cedure is as described in B:. Because two licenses are stored on the stick,two users can work at once. If a third user tries to open GiS BasePac hewill get a corresponding error message.

D: Access from multiple GiS BasePac Systemsto CodeMeter Sticks with different licenses

Example: You want to use GiS BasePac on different PC's. In the punchingdepartment the punch option is used, in the embroidery department onlylettering is used. To optimize designs, the puncher shall be enabled to usehis punch option also at the embroidery departments PC.To get such a functionality again the programs are installed as described inB: . In this case two CodeMeter Sticks are existent, one with punch optionactivated, the other with monogram activated. At the CodeMeter serverboth CodeMeter Sticks are plugged in. So both license packages are call-able at all computers.You can switch veryeasily between thelicenses in the "Acti-vate options" dialog. The given passwords are kept. Optionally the "Acti-vate options" dialog can be shown at each program startup to choose thedesired license. Of course also at this point it is checked that no more li-censes are activated at a time as available. In the above example thepuncher has to have the GiS BasePac closed in the punching departmentbefore opening is in the embroidery department.

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Assignments to short-cuts in BasePac

1. Keyboard in all modes

Ctrl + B Display block filmCtrl + J Fade in or out horizontal or vertical auxiliary linesCtrl + L Ruler functionCtrl + N Open new design with standard valuesCtrl + O Open design administrationCtrl + R Display Rapport on/offCtrl + S Save current design (overwrite)Ctrl + W Redraw complete design (show everything)Ctrl + Y Display order of embroideryCtrl + Z Redraw designF1 Activate help systemF2 Fade out stitchesF3 Fade out coordinatesF4 Open dialogue to fade out needlesF6 Display next windowF10 Start transmission to machineF11 Fade in/out pictureF12 Fade out/in background pictureCtrl + F1 Store design in ZSK-memoryCtrl + F2 Store design in ring bufferCtrl + F5 Activate VOMAG checkShift + F6 Open previous windowAlt + Home Zoom to display all blocksPgDn Zoom up one stepAlt + PgDn Choose largest possible zoom factorPgUp Zoom down one stepAlt + PgUp Zoom to 1:1Alt + End Edit box zoom factorEsc Cancel current function

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2. Keyboard in module mode

Ctrl + A Select allCtrl + C Copy selected blocks (into the Clipboard)Ctrl + D Duplicate selected blocksCtrl + G Group selected blocksCtrl + P Set start- and endpointCtrl + V Insert a copied block.Ctrl + W Redraw whole designCtrl + X Cut selected blocks (into the Clipboard)Ctrl + Z RedrawAlt + Z Redraw blockCtrl + PgUp Set block one step forwardCtrl + PgDn Set block one step backwardShift + PgUp Set block to the frontShift + PgDn Set block to the backShift + Ins Insert a copied block.Ctrl + Ins Copy selected blocks (into the Clipboard)Shift + Del Delete selected blocks and store into the ClipboardAlt + Z Center1 Text on curve: Adjustment by size2 Text on curve: Adjustment by width3 Text on curve: Adjustment by distanceBlank Scrolling the selected block in the center of the

screen


3. Keyboard in text modeCtrl + C Copy selected letters in the Windows clipboardCtrl + V Insert letters of the Windows clipboardCtrl + X Cut selected letters and copy in the Windows clip-

boardCtrl + Ins Copy selected letters in the Windows clipboardShift + Ins Insert letters of the Windows clipboardShift + del Delete the text and copy into the clipboardCtrl + F12 Display all letters of a fontCtrl + Blank Scrolling the selected block in the center of the

screen

4. Keyboard in the drawing modeDeleteBackspace deletes the current point or the current graphical

figureC Switch to closed curveG Switch to straight lineK Switch to curveV Vectorizing with Auto Trace functionBlank Scrolling the selected coordinate or the selected

graphical figure in the center of the screen

5. Keyboard in coordinate and stitch modeEnter In automatic mode: Calculate the automatic and

then switch to stitch mode.In stitch mode: Switch to the most recently selectedtype of automatic.

Del (delete)Backspace Delete the current point.Ins (insert) Switch between insert and overwrite mode.End Jump to the end of the automatic or next special

function.Home Jump to start of automatic or previous special func-

tion.


Page up next size down zoom level (zoom out).Page down next size up zoom level (zoom in).A Automatic mode activate contour.B Width for centre line input digitizing (Only for cen-

tre line input mode).Finally 2 points must be digitized to give the widthof line.

C Switch to closed curve (Only in automatic mode).D Select stitch density input field.(Only in area input).D Cut selected stitch in the middle (Only in manual

mode)E Divide (Design partitioning) (Only in manual mode)E Shift end point (Only in automatic mode).F Call MacroG Switch to straight line input (only in automatic

mode).H New hole (Only in area input)I New Island (Only in area input)K Switch to curves (Only in automatic mode)L Select stitch length input field (Only in automatic

mode).M Automatic mode activate centre line.N Select needle number input field.O Switch needle on/off (Only in manual mode).P Activate pair wise input in automatic mode.Q Recalculate the automatic.R Activate line (Running) (not for contour input)S Stop function (Only in manual mode).S Select type of stitch (Only in automatic mode) the

type of stitch is selected by inputting its identifier(1-9 and a-z)

T Thread trimming (Only in manual mode).T New division line (Only in automatic mode)


U Switch to input of stitch direction (Outer contour in-put)

V Vectorizing with Auto Trace functionW New stitch direction (Only in contour input mode)X Use Drawing line in punch modeZ Switch to branch input (Only in segmented input or

running lines input)Ctrl + C Copy the block which belongs to the current stitch

into the internal memoryCtrl + E Insert double stitchCtrl + F Search for machine functionCtrl + L Ruler functionCtrl + M Insert block in 3 point modeCtrl + Q Fade in/out alphanumerical stitch displayCtrl + V Insert the copied block with dialogue for size and

numberF5 Display next error (Check VOMAG)Shift + F5 Display previous error (Check VOMAG)F9 Switch between mouse and digitizer modeShift + Ins Insert the copied block with dialogue for size and

numberCtrl + Ins Copy the block which belongs to the current stitch

into the internal memoryCtrl + Del Delete all reference data of the detected automaticCtrl + 0 Insert zero-stitch1 If key is pressed, the actual line is moved in 15°-

steps. (Reference is previous point)2 If key is pressed, the actual line is moved in 15°-

steps. (Reference is next point)Blank Scrolling the selected coordinate in the center of the

screen


6. Mouse

left button Punching pointsDouble-click Sets a corner in automatic modeleft Insert a sequin if sequin mode is activated

Switch needle in/out in manual punching moderight button Display popup menu at current mouse position.

and shifting out of the window scrollsmiddle button Switch from mouse mode to digitizer mode.

If the right mouse button is pressed and the cursor is moved out of thescreen, scrolling will be done automatically.

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Working with the digitizer

It is also possible to connect a digitizer tablet to the GiS Punching systemand use it for punching. You can use all digitizers which support the „Wintab“- standard. The first step is to connect the digitizer to your computer.Then install the windows driver for the digitizer. The driver is deliveredwith the digitizer.

Note: Please pay attention, that you’re only allowed to use32 bit Win tab drivers.

After or while installation of the driver software, a program starts or haveto be executed in order to set the parameters of the digitizer. The programeither starts automatically or there is an icon for the digitizer in the controlpanel. Execute the program by double clicking on the icon. Alternatively,another program group, which includes all necessary digitizer programshas been created while installation process.The program sets the buttons of the digitizer cursor for the mouse mode.It’s either a 4 or a 16 button hand held cursor.

Make sure the assignment of the cursor buttons are as follows:button 1 left clickbutton 2 ----button 3 middle click important!button 4 right click

With button 3 you can switch the digitizer cursor from mouse mode andthe absolute mode and vice versa. The cursor always is in the mouse modeafter starting the punching program.Once the buttons are assigned correctly, you can leave the digitizer setupprogram and start the GiS BasePac program. However some adjustments tothe digitizer can be done also in our GiS BasePac program. Therefore youhave to choose settings in the menu bar, then select the ‘standard settings’item and then ‘tablet’.

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Working with the digitizer tablet was made in such a way, that the cursorusually remains in absolute mode. All the settings for the automatic pro-grams and their parameters can be done via the keyboard and the keys 4 to16 on the digitizer mouse. We highly recommend to use a 16 buttonmouse.

Digitizing a pattern in two parts

If you want to digitize a design with a digitizer tablet, and the design pat-tern is too large to fit to the size of the tablet, you have to shift the designpattern after doing the first punching session. This can be obtained withthe following steps:

1. Digitize first part of your design2. shift the design pattern3. Input of the new reference axis (adjusting the horizontal axis, if the

design is not placed exactly horizontal on the tablet board)4. Be sure you’re in the tablet mode: In punch mode the tablet is active;

the cursor should be displayed as a crosshair cursor with a tablet sym-bol. Select the last digitized point of punch session 1 or any strikingpunching point (which of course has to be punched previously), andplace the cursor mouse there.

5. Now use the serial mouse of your computer (not the cursor mouse of thedigitizer) and place a horizontally and a vertically auxiliary line in thatway on your screen, that they are exactly on top of the also visiblecrosshair cursor of your digitizer mouse.

6. Select all modules in the module mode (should it be necessary you cangroup them together). Now move all modules in such a way, that thestriking point of step 4 is matching with the position where the 2 auxil-iary lines cross each other.

7. Afterwards you can continue punching in the normal manner.

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Keys of the Digitizer cursor (in digitizing mode)

1 Punching of points (as with left mouse button) (also doubleclick)

2 Punching of jump stitches3 (F9) Switch from digitizing mode to mouse mode (as with middle

mouse button).4 Same as right mouse button (without displaying menu)5 (S) Stop function (Only in manual mode).5 (B) Digitize width of centre line (Only in centre line input

mode).Finally 2 points must be digitized to give the width of line.

6 (T) Thread trimming (Only in manual mode).6 (T) New division line (Only in automatic mode).7 (C) Switch to closed curve (Only in automatic mode ).8 (Del) Deletion of the current point.9 (G) Switch to straight line (Only in automatic mode).9 (R) Activate line input mode (Running) (not for contour input)10 (K) Switch to curve (Only in automatic mode).10 (A) Automatic mode activate contour input (Only in manual

mode).11 (H) New hole (Only for area input)11 (M) Automatic mode activate centre line input (Only in manual

mode).12 (P) Automatic mode activate pair wise input (Only in manual

mode).12 (W) New stitch direction (only for contour input)12 (P/M) Switch between pair wise/centre line input(Only in seg-

mented mode).13 (Ins) Switch between insert/overwrite mode.1415 (E) Divide (Design partitioning) (Only in manual mode)15 (E) Shift end point (Only in automatic mode).16 (Enter) In automatic mode calculate the automatics and then switch

to stitch mode.In stitch mode switch to the most recently selected type ofautomatic.

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Interface connections

Tajima [Brother] machine at serial PC-interface

25 pin 25 pin 9 pinmale female femalemachine PC PC

RxD 3 2 3 TxDTxD 2 3 2 RxDCTS 5 4 7 RTSDSR 6 20 4 DTRDTR 20 5/6 8/6 CTS/DSRGND 7 7 5 GND

[RTS 4 5/6 8/6 CTS/DSR](Regarding to the machine type the connectionRTS -- CTS/DSR orDTR -- CTS/DSR has to be made)

Toyota, Brother machine at serial PC-interface

9 pin 25 pin 25 pin 9 pinmale male female femalemachine machine PC PC

RXD 2 3 2 3 TxDTXD 3 2 3 2 RxDCTS 8 5 4 7 RTSRTS 7 4 5 8 CTSDSR 6 6 20 4 DTRDTR 4 20 6 6 DSRGND 5 7 7 5 GND

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